Toy eye blinker



y 1939- H. RUBENSTEIN 2,165,113

TOY EYE BLINKER Filed Dec. 18, 1935 b emzz Eubenszez'n INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented July 4, 1939 2,165,113

UNITE- STAES TOY EYE BLINKER Henry Rubenstein, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application December 18, 1936, Serial No. 116,615 4, Claims. (Cl. 46-170) The present invention relates to toy dolls and be journalled in the casing 3'. Extending from animals and more particularly to the eye units the disc I is a rod 9 having at its free end a of such articles including means for causing the weighted member IE! constituting a pendulum. eyes to be operated to simulate blinking. Adjacent the disc 1 and in engagement with the The general object of the invention is to prorod 9 are a pair of opposed springs H and i2 havvide an eye piece of unitary construction to be ing their respective ends supported on the casaffixed in the structure of stuffed dolls and the ing 3. like, the same being so arranged that upon im- To the surface of the disc 1 adjacent the lens pact of the doll as in patting, the eyes will be 4 is applied a luminous substance such as radium 0 intermittently illuminated to resemble in effect paint, preferably confined to a marginal area the blinking of the eye. l3 of the disc I. Preferably in the center of the Another object is to provide an eye-blinking mentioned surface of disc 1 is affixed a mirror l4 device of simple and economical fabrication and or other suitable reflecting element preferably having a rugged mechanism to assure extensive defining a circular area thereon. 5 service, the device comprising a resiliently In installing the device in a stuffed animal or mounted light-emitting element so suspended as doll the casing 3 thereof is imbedded in the structo afford a particularly sensitive action to the ture of the doll in a substantially horizontal posieifect of the slightest impact on the device. tion with the lens t in position of the eyes of v The invention will be fully and comprehensivethe doll. As the doll is subjected to impact such 50 ly understood from a consideration of the followas by patting the resultant shock causes the ing detailed description when read in connection weight it to move in a vertical plane and the with the accompanying drawing which forms disc l is thus caused to assume various angular part of the application. positions relative to the lens 4. It is to be noted In the drawing here that the luminous area l3 and the mirror Fig. 1 is a central longitudinal section of the It constitute light-emitting or reflecting areas eye-blinking device, parts thereof being shown in of varying intensity and as the position of the Elevation; and disc 1 is changed, light entering thru the lens 2 is a perspective View f the pe ng is impinged against the adjacent surfacepf the mechanism apart from the device. disc I and reflected back thru the lens 4 1n rays Briefly Stated the invention resides in e D of varying intensity, thus presenting a scintillat- Vision Of a tOy y unit comprising a piVotally ing illumination to the lens A in resemblance to mounted light-emitting element disposed in a the blinking of the eye.

suitabIe casing including n y p e r lens, The effect ofthe light-emitting element will the1ightemitting element being q pp With a be more apparent in considering the angle at i t y su p n d p d which up being which the eyes of the doll are observed. During u j to Slight Shock of impact Will Cause the action of the disc I, the light reflecting surfaces light-emitting element to assume Various angular of same are intermittently moved into and out of DOSitiOns thereby intermittently illuminating the the line of vision during which action the light eye piece to Simulate blinking. rays normally existing around the doll are re- Referring to the draWihg a more detailed flected from the disc 1 to meet the eyes of the 010- 40 description thereof, the numeral 3 indicates a server in an intermittent manner and thus create suitable casing preferably of tubular form being th effect of blinking, closed at one end by a lens eye Piece a Shaped It is to be understood that this improvement is and colored of translucent material to resemble capable of extended apphcation and is not an eye ball. The lens 4 is removably attached to fin d to the exact howing o-f the drawing nor to 45 the casing 3 by a threaded Sleeve 5 engaging the precise construction described and, therefore, threads 5 formed on the casing The sleeve such changes and modifications may be made 5 is preferably formed of wire one end of which therein as do not affect the spirit of the invenis secured to the lens A and is bent into a helical non nor exceed the Scope thereof as expressed i form to fit into the threads 6. h the appended claims. 50

A light-emitting element preferably in the form What is claimed as new is: of disc 1 is disposed behind the lens 4 and is l. Adevice of the character described comprispivotatny mounted on axis parallel to same. ing in combination, a translucent member, an os- The d sc 1 1S p ie y pivoted hy means of trlmcillatory light-reflecting element behind said 65 nions 8 extending from the p p y 0f same to translucent member, a normally luminescent annular member flecting member, said light-reflecting element mirror surface and a luminous comprising a surface in co-planar relation, for through said translucent element.

3. A device of the character described comprising a combination, a casing, a translucent member disposed in one end of said casing, a light-reflectingelement mounted insaid casing behind said translucent member, said element reflection comprising a disc having a coating of luminous substance and a mirror-like annular member supported centrally thereof, and means foroscillating said light-reflecting element, said means including a weighted arm and a pair of springs associated with said arm and having their respective ends supported on said casing.

4. A device of the character described comprising in combination, a casing, a translucent member removably disposed in one end of said casing, a light-reflecting element mounted in said casing behindsaid translucent Pmember, said light .reflecting element having areas of different refleeting powers so as to present a scintillating illumination'on said translucent member during oscillation of said reflecting member, and means for oscillating said light-reflecting element, said means including a weighted arm and a pair of springs having their respective ends supported on said casing.

, HENRY RUBENSTELIN. 

